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T1330550200Jonathan Holloway's audacious adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll & Hyde re-renders this dark tale of terror and suspense as a genuinely disturbing thriller for our time.Producer emma Rees. Company Chung Ying Theatre Company (in association with Red Shift Theatre Productions Ltd). Director Jonathan Holloway. Design Neil Irish. Music Jon Nicholls. Sound Jon Nicolls. Performer Michael Edwards. Performer Anna Leong. Performer Chun-chun Lan. Performer Graeme Rose. Performer Simon Spencer Hyde. Performer Olivia Winteringham. | |
| 28 Jul 15 to 8 Aug 15 | Platform Theatre, Inner London :: V1649072558 listing details L0471918723 |
Dr Jekyll is here cast as a fascinating and dangerous female scientist, who comes to England from the Balkans. Clearly tormented by unspeakable horrors in her past (resonances of Balkan conflicts and ethnic cleansing), she conducts bizarre scientific experiments as she seeks safety by becoming a man. Using her own body as her laboratory, physical self-harming mirrors the psychological damage she has endured. This Jekyll tears out the heart of the issues it explores - gender, power, identity, self, freedom and individuality. Jekyll & Hyde is a visual feast that merges Weimer cabaret with a creepily melodramatic aesthetic underpinned by a stunning live audio score and soundscape that cranks up an atmosphere of claustrophobic hysteria.
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